Robin the non-woman wrote:
>>Don't feel bad, I get mistaken for a male while online all the time.
On the side? Like, you have an androgynous arm, leg, foot, ear, shoulder
on your left, but your right is fully masculine? ;-) I don't get
>
>I don't feel at all bad. For one thing, I'm used to it from USAnians
>(over here Robin Hood tilts things the other way), and for another, I'm
>a bit of an androgyne myself, "on the side".
then Wade (full-blooded male) wrote:
>We oldster usanians don't have such a problem with the brit Robin, due to
I think I accidently used "Robin" because I work with a woman named Robin.
Incidently, for a short time a male named Robin was also working there, and
so to distinguish I would call him Rrrrrrrrrrobin, with a exaggerated and
shrill rolled R.
>Christopher Robin, of Pooh fame, and also a boy. (There is a Milne here-
>a grandson is working at the Law School.)
>And I, in particular, have no problem whatsoever, because of Robin
>Williamson, of The Incredible String Band, and oldie but a goodie.
>And Robin Hood of course, but then, we'll forgive the Maid Kristy (if I
>can presume too much as well...) her refusal to imagine you in tights....
"Refusal"? Hardly! Imagining him in tights comes naturally. Also, wouldn't that be "Maiden Kristy"? Sorry, I'm not up to par on my R' Hood-speak and ignorant of exactly what "Maid" signifies, although I am comforted by the thought that A Man Needs A Maid.
~kjs